The Left's Influence on Russia

I think it's bolstered the most reactionary, nationalistic, toxic elements of society. A lot of people that I know who are in academia, who are on this very very small left wing movement in Russia, most all in the left country,. Because they know that if they like, not only can't you criticize the war now, but you retroactively think to be found against you. Most of those people left, so it's actually empty the country out of a lot of the some of the more sort of interesting opposition to the regime. And it's made the country a lot more just intolerant and in a worse place to live. It created a Russia just in terms of just culturally